We're Ready for the Battle
There simply is no way to know when and how the democratic forces will rise up, as they did here in Chi-town, and say, "Enough of that! We've got a different plan." Read Full Post >
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November 15, 2012
November 10, 2012
Time to Put Forward a New Reform Agenda
I don't think we need to produce a manifesto for change, but we do need to begin to outline some key steps that could be taken to move public education in a different direction. Read Full Post >
November 08, 2012
What Next for K-12 Schools Post-Election?
When disaster strikes (like Sandy) we don't expect the police to volunteer their time, nor the firemen, nor doctors and nurses—although no doubt many do go above and beyond their obligations. But we do expect teachers to make up for the impact of poverty and austerity politics on schoolchildren. Read Full Post >
November 04, 2012
What's at Stake in This Election
for harm averted. But to be fair, it's more than that. In addition to preventing even more severe cuts to education, the administration has helped millions of college students by keeping interest payments for loans down and tripling the number of people who can participate in AmeriCorps service programs. Read Full Post >
November 01, 2012
Trust and Its Misuses
I am very concerned by the privatization tendency in all areas of life, and my colleagues at the International Education meeting in Brussels were worrying along the same lines. With austerity driving ever-increasing chasms between the rich and everyone else, I don't see what will stop it. Read Full Post >
October 25, 2012
Selling Austerity With Chutzpah
It echoed what I was hearing over there: the way the "austerity movement" has crippled education, above all in the so-called "developing" nations. Not to mention crippling, literally, the health and welfare of the world's children. Read Full Post >
October 13, 2012
The Politics of Reform in the Presidential Election
The Obama administration is our ally, not our enemy. We must work with them to show that a better approach to improving our schools is possible. Read Full Post >
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